Abu Hanifa Mosque

Baghdad's most prominent Sunni mosque, built around the tomb of Abu Hanifa, founder of Hanafi law.

The Abu Hanifa Mosque — also called the Grand Imam Mosque — is Baghdad's most prominent Sunni mosque, built by the Ottomans during their four-century rule of Iraq around the tomb of Abu Hanifa al-Nu'man, founder of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence. As the most widely followed legal tradition in Sunni Islam, the mosque draws pilgrims from around the world. Located in the Adhamiyya district, it has been a focal point of sectarian tension and urban combat during the Iraq War.